diasporae

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A form of diaspora — The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).

OriginAncient Greek δῐᾰσποραί →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of diaspora

    Several of the nations consist solely of diasporae.

    1942, C. A. Macartney, “Chap. I. The Danube Valley”, in Problems of the Danube Basin, Cambridge at the Cambridge University Press, page 5
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    From this time date the diasporae of all the Eastern peoples—Jews, Syrians, Persians, Egyptians—which became so active in proselytizing propaganda in the Roman Empire.

    1928, S. Angus, The Mystery-Religions: A Study in the Religious Background of Early Christianity, republication of the second edition, Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 17

    Beginning in antiquity, it narrates wars, wanderings, the diasporae, rebellions, persecutions, individual and collective triumphs and survivals.

    1966, Publishers Weekly, volume 189, page 81, column 2

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδῐᾰσποραί
  2. Englishdiasporae

From Ancient Greek δῐᾰσποραί (dĭăsporaí), plural of δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ (dĭăsporā́).

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